#AEB553#AEB553

#AEB553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.122 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB553
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -16.21, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 50.98, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0473 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.122 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5415, 42.6716, 14.5461)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB553 #5A53B5

analogous

#B58B53 #AEB553 #7DB553

triadic

#AEB553 #53AEB5 #B553AE

tetradic

#AEB553 #53B58B #5A53B5 #B5537D

square

#AEB553 #53B58B #5A53B5 #B5537D

split-complementary

#AEB553 #537DB5 #8B53B5

monochromatic

#5F632B #888E3D #AEB553 #C2C77E #D6DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEB553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#AEB553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB553

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB553	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.122 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb86',
    500: '#aeb553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb553;
$custom-light: #c8cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74724,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB553

secondary

#9F9CC7

accent

#58D061

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB553

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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